the metaphysical concept of truth separate from the mechanism of signification

Reading "failure" in Kafka's parables in a way directly opposite to Politzer (and to the majority of Kafka criticism) Benjamin argues that Kafka's focus on the circulation of linguistic transport of meaning eventually aims to destroy the metaphysical concept of truth separate from the mechanism of signification.

The Starting Point
This must be my starting point, that the Parables--and Benjamin--participate in some sort of "pre-diffferance," where instead of constant deferrment, we get a stop, a singularity, a standstill, in the face of the lack of truth/signified. [the metaphysi...

Exposé Two: Failure and Language
Exposé two: Failure and Language [Back to Exposé One] Failure, for Benjamin, is precisely what makes Kafka's parables Kafkaesque: To do justice to the figure of Kafka in its purity and its peculiar beauty one must never lose sight of...

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